Description

ETool is a GUI tool written in C#, which can:

  • Report remote eNodeBs’ info to local profiles, config local profiles to remote eNodeBs and activate it.
  • Run bcgtool on OSS servers by SSH and manage OSS server list and profiles locally.

bcgtool simulator is a simulator for bcgtool for develop and test without real OSS servers.

Requirements DONE before:

  • Import eNodeB sites/names from .csv file and Manage OSS servers on GUI.
  • Send report cmd to servers, download .xml report files
  • Load .xml report files into Data Model and save to .pfl profile files on disk.
  • Load/Display/Modify/Delete local .pfl profile files on GUI.
  • Display cmd excution process on GUI.

  • Associate profile to eNodeB on GUI with virtualized Report profile.

  • Corresponding response to report cmd in bcgtool simulator.

Requirements TODO in the plan:

  • Load local .pfl profile files, do delta comparison with remote eNodeB .xml report files and save to .xml config files

  • Upload .xml config files and send config cmd and activate cmd to server.

  • Corresponding response to config cmd and activate cmd in bcgtool simulator.

Alternatives

####3.1. Considering the business model, C/S should be more suitable.

  • Reinvent the wheel in my familiar architecture maybe faster, stronger and easier. ####3.2. The “pfl” format sucks. Save xml files just as xml files.
  • We only need a transfer between xml files to our models.
xml files <==> data model <=X=> pfl files

####3.3. Use data models generated from xsd files to auto serialize and deSerialize XML files

xsd files =auto=> data model <=auto=> xml files

####3.4. Use Generic classes to refactor data models to make serialize and deSerialize to be easier class diagram

Optimized by me

  • Display cmd excution process on GUI dynamically and user-friendly.
  • Associate profile to eNodeB on GUI with virtualized Report profile dynamic buttons.
  • Load .xml report files into Data Model and save to .pfl .xml profile files on disk.
  • Load/Display/Modify/Delete local .pfl .xml profile files on GUI.
  • Optimize user stories, do report and config together.
  • Move some global variables into .xml settings file.
  • Standardize local/global directory paths and file name with timestamps
  • Code itself 64K => 55K
  • …

DONE by me:

  • Serialize/Deserialize profile/report/config Data Model to/from .xml profile/report/config/lock/unlock files
  • Config/Minus/Delta : profile DM - eNodeB DM = config DM
  • Unit tests for above Serialize and Minus functions.
  • Save program excution status into log on disk.
  • Generate error log files and response to config/activate cmd in **bcgtool
  • Parse response of cmd and download error log files from server.simulator** .
  • …